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liz Did No, Allow Ticket Specializing.

a dramatic writer for one of the Boston
papers tells a good story on the subject Of
ticket Specializing ut the Hub. II was on the
occasion of PATHS last appearance ut the
Boston Theatre. Her manager, il is alleged
picked out nearly NIL of the best seats In the
house and disposed Of them to speculators.
The manager Of the theatre, upon reaching
his office the day III which the sale of seats
was announced to begin, WAS surprised to
find nearly all Of the best seats marked us
sold. PATHS manager explained that the
seats in question had been soldtos Spectators
IN advance. The liostOn manager promptly
drOlarrl that he did not intend TO allow any
combinations to come TO his theatre ami
break faith with the PATRONS Of his house,
and that unless the tickets were all turned In
and rcsold to the tlrSt comers he would give
orders that II utickets would be received 1.-THE
inor unless they bore the boX.Otlice stamI,
The deal with the Spectators had to be can.
ccled, and THO Boston public had m even
chance to Obtain good seats, provided they
were on hand early enough.
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life, which he tried TO sell ut auction, but
found that sort of life prccariOus. While
engaged in his Bohemian work he took
lessons from Eastman johnson, the
painter of 1.-THE Old Kentucky Homc.n
At that time, Mr.. Taylor says, he WINS
too poor TO pursue his art education;
but, having II studio in the University
lishel, the latter kindly took m inter
est in him and instructed him in colors and
painting, as well us criticising his work.
During this period Mr.. Taylor painted
hundreds of landscape pictures in oil,
which he sold To dealers and ut auction.
When the Gruphic was established In;
1878 he joined its staff and began to
draw cartoons anil do general work. His
first cartoon was u picture of n paper build
ing, with small outline pictures, explanatory
Of tho subject, and figures Of the directors Of
dust In the peoples eyes. He thought car
looming would be IN immense success, and
deemed it n good plan to acquire n store OF
varied knowledge and to discipline his mind;
SO, in 1873, he entered Columbia Law School.
During the first year he continued to draw
for the Graphic; but rs the strain was too
severe and lie wished to obtain n degree, he
resigned from that paper and devoted tho
whole Of 1874 to the study of law. lie re-
GeiNcu Ills uiIioiiln III may, 1917, anu, Nv tiic
first alumni meeting, Il few weeks later, he
WIS elected secretary. VIM. Walter Phelps
was chosen alumni orator Mt the same time.
Mr.. Taylor had rs classmates ut Columbia
Law School Robert Ray Hamilton, Il mcm-
Der of The New York Assembly for three
terms; Hugh RELY, now district attorney of
Albany, n. y; VIM. G. CULVER, one Of the
directors of the new MnlisOn.squarc Garden
scheme, and n brother Of Theodore Hoose-
welt, the latter being then in the junior
class, rs WAS also Vim. Waldorf Astor, cx-
minister to Italy. After leaving the law
school Mr.. Taylor formed n legal firm, in
company with Edward Nicoll and Adam L.
Scllatz; but he withdrew after six months
md returned to the Cripple, where he re-
mainel until lSS2l, when he took n studio
and did general work, which he cxhib-
tied at the exhibitions. ARer leaving the
Grdphic Mr.. Taylor vas elected n member Of
the S%almagundi Club and American Black
and White Society. He continued to work
for himself until April, 1856, when he joined
tho staff of Puck. Last summer, IN company
with Julian Ralph, he did the fashionable
seaside resorts for the Sunday SIN. The full
page accounts were very exhaustive. and three
days were devoted TO each place. While the
sketches were rough and hurriedly executed,
Mr.. Taylor says they were true to life. In APP
pearancc Taylor is the bclu-idcal of an artist.
lie is six feet in height; has Il large head and
n very long one, which is covered with bllshy
hair, slightly tingef with gray. His nose Is
large and rather pointed, and he wears n
medium mustaclie and side-whiskcrs. lie Is
married and has two children. Ills home is
in East Orange, n. j., where he has resided
in his own house for five years. lie Is a
steady worker, and even works five nights
out OF the seven.
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him TO death. This results from tho on.
Grafton of tho laws Of gravitation. On n
large planet Inc weight Of q body must be
greater than on n small one, since tho
weight depends upon tho attraction of
gravitation, and that, In turn, depends
upon tho mass or amount Of matter In
tho attracting body.
Now there Is n very simple rule by
which we can determine The weight that
anybody would have upon any planet
whatever, provided We know the diane.
ter Of the planet and its mass. The rule
Is that the weight will vary directly rs
tho planets Haas, and inverscly MS the
square OF It's radius. Do not let the
reader imagine that | nm going TO bore
him with any more mathematics. | SIM
ply state this rule so that he can SEQ for
himself, If he chooses to apply It, that
there Is Il solid foundation for what fol.
lows.
Let lis take the case OF tho moon. The
diameter of tho mool Is a,lG0 miles and
that of tho earth is 1919 miles. The
mass or weight Of the earth Is c~ighty.onc
times ns grcat rs that of tho moon. APP
plying our rule then, wo find that bodies
weigh about six times rs much upon tho
earth rs upon tho moon. Then n man
weighing $50 pounds upon tho earth
would, II he should visit tho moon, weigh
only twenty-five pounds there. Some
very singular results follow from this
upon II moments reflection. Tho visitor
from tho earth To tho moon, surprising
that lru retained his terrestrial ngili,y,
would discover that he had suddenly he
oln II remarkable athlete. lIo could
spring ten feet into tho air without any
great eXcrliOn.
But what sort Of inhabitants would he
hc likely TO find in the moon, surprising
that any could exist tlcrcp If they re-
scinlIlch ourselves In tho structure Of
their Notwithstanding homes and muscles
OF tho snmc intrinsic strcngtll-thcy evil
IDENTIFY would not resemble us IN stature.
On tho moon II man could grow Ten or
twelve feet tall, and large in proportion,
without weighing any o than n man
Of ordinary stature would weigh upon
tho carth. Tho noon man would not 10
six times rs tall ~ tho terrestrial man rs
you might ut first thought suppose, hut
only n little Ovcr one anu t%hrcG.quartcr
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DIGGER INDIAN CUSTOMS.
4 Novel Ticket Of Admission and n Queer
Social Feature. .

Many people do not know why the Diggcrs
prize the rgi scalp Of the ~woOdpecker. The
reason is this: Whenever they have a dance,
or, MS they call it, IN big SOUP" they rig
themselves out rs Enthusiastically US possible.
Every buck who wishes To dance must buyn
ticket, paying for it in good solid American
silver.
As Il ticket the scalp of tho w~ooipcckcr
recommends itself. 1t is eaudy and c0nspic-
uous. The tail feathers Of the yellowham-
mcr are also used for the same purpose, two
feathers being fastened to u little stick which
is worn in the hair or carried in tho hand.
These big soups" ARE frequent. A digger
will work harl for n week or two when tho
acurns are ripe and lay in u supply of them
for winter. Then he will notify some other
tribe, and all his relations back to the tenth
generation will come to see him and hclp
him devour the whole lot. Then they invite
the family Of the host to their ''csimiOoda,"
and 50 the visiting md "big souping'' goes
on till NIL the relatives have visited each
other and there are no more acurns to dcvour.
-Ntulid City Herald.
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be said to have simply parted with his
wits TO supply tho Uranium OF some
bigger man In the moon. Our ter.
r~cstrial visitor wonld find himself n
mere child in the hands of these huge
Lunarians. As their arms would be
about twice us thick rs ours they would
possess four times rs much muscular
strength. Mr.. John l.. Sullivan would
not add TO his laurcls by visiting the
moon. From the Bay of Rainbows to the
Crater of Tycho lie would probably be
able to find no pugilist who couldn't
whip him.
1t would DO q rare sight to watch the
giants climbing and jumping with the
agility OF goats among their ragged
mountains, many Of which rise TO n
height proportional far greater than the
height of the mountains of the earth,
nnd chasing grotesque animals into their
lairs. Its hard to say what they might
not accomplish In the way of engineer
ing operations, and in building. Ablock
OF stone that weighs n ton on the earth
would weigh only 1873 pounds on the
moon. So they could construct towers
and spires far higher than ours, and
colossal buildings in comparison with
which Our st. Peters or the pyramid of
Cheops would be insignificant. More.
over, possessing four times our muscular
strength in proportion to their. weight,
they would accomplish such labor fur
more easily than we could do. They
might almost toss aside mountains that
stood In their way. To build n Chinese
wall would DO comparatively n trifing
undertaking to the Lunarians. Curiously
enough there is visible upon the moon
with telescopes u huge straight wall,
sometimes called tho LUNA railroad"
| have often watched It with interest,
and while |, OF course, don't think it was
made by inhabitants of the moon, yet 1t
looks rs regular rs n work of art, and
one can find plenty Of food for the mag
inntion while gazing ut 1t.
One thing that would greatly surprise
the visitor from the earth would DO the
violent alienation of heat and cold on
the moon. The lunar days and nights
arc each n fortnight long. But day upon
the moon is about equivalent to summer
and night to winter. The sun would
blaze through That thin atmosphere with
scorching effect. The inhabitants would
lavctot flee for rcfugcfrom it into caves, or
into tho cool reccssGs Of their huge build
ings. Alright the lieut. accumulated dur
ing the day would leak quickly away, ow.
ing to tho same thinness of the atm0s-
plerc, and the Frost King would reign
with n severity unknown even In Arctic
regions. The Lunarians would need to
bury tllcmsclvcsi in furs to keep from frccz-
ing. And through it all, out of the black
heavens sprinklcd with stars would shine
n wonderful moon, the earth, upward of
sixteen times us large US the moon mp.
pears to us. But instead of moving
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Mouth Anarchism New Workers do not
mind. They let the bcer.maniacs hold nil

tHcy Werc WIFI u lbllcc
captain II year ago for jumping in and club
bling the speakers and others Mt mn Anarrll-
list meeting in the Bowcry. New York is
quite as fond of free speech as Boston was of
old. Let everybody meet and talk, says the
spirit Of old Dietrich Knickcrlockcr, New
iork's patron saint; talk is cheap, and gives
relief to iinruly spirits and brocling souls.
The principal Anarchist society in New
York and this country is "Tlic lntcrna-
tional' rs it is called, or, TO give it ull its
title, 1.-THE International Working Pep
pies Association" 1t was established
in Europe, and is u great deal stronger
and more dangerous there than here.
There the people have real grievances; in
some countries such as almost Justify An
a~rchisn-as in Russia, for instance. But
the trade Of preaching Anarchism is I'M
healthy over there for ours and towards and
for loafcrs who have no real belief in their
teachings, but want to be notorious and to
losc rs leaders, and to make the fools sup
port them in idlencss. Therefore these
have come to New York, where there
is Il large mmiSturc of ignorance
and folly among the peasant im,ni-
grants from certain European nations,
and where they can lose AMI talk without
danger Of death or the worse fate of being
sliiliel to Siberia To work in The mines with
Il cat-and-ninc'tails suspended over them
until they die. They do not say that they
came because they did not dare to stay
i'll Europe, like Prince Krapotkinc and
other genuine Anarchists, but they explain
that this American field istllc rlcst for their
work, and that here they will educate the
people and lead the revolution that is to
sweep the world.
The lntcrnati0nals have no passwords,
grips or secret signs. Each member is pro-
videl with u bloo,l-rei carl, on which is
printed number. That number is his name
and title in the organization. All that is
asked If any one wlU wishes tn be a MEM
her is that he shall express II desire to massa-
ere the decent population, divide the wealth
that escapes the flames, and form society
over again, with the Anarchist orators on
top to hold the offices nnienrirh themselves.
No, | am goingto fast. That last about the
office is not what they say tits merely what
they mean. For the present il is only mcc.
ccSSary that the members should buy beer
in certain shops, worship and lay dues To
certain month-workcrs Tor ',jawsmilhs," Gp
DR.. Mct;lynn calls thcm), and cheer and
yell at the end of every sentence in every
speech. 1t costs only ten cents Il month 10
be- II member, but this isno, c~xactul. Tlrse
who are too poor or economical To l,ay any
thing It" not need TODD so. If they arc smart
they mount the platforms instead and talk
and collect the fees from the others, or they
write pamphlets AMI have them printel in
rel ink and sell them for n cent or fiycccnts.
Although it is claimed that there are 1850
Anarchists in New York, their meetings arc
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utmost cheerful frankncss, of their hopes
of seeing the skies lighted by the fires
Of rich mems houses ailame and the
streets slippery with the blood of all
who wear clean shirts aud save II dollar
away from the beer saloons. But only
the most morbidly.timid folks arc afraid Of
them indeed, am only surprising that there
arc such folks, for have never yet seen n New
Yorker who expressed the slightest uncasi.
ness concerning them. Detectives arc mem.
bcrs Of all their groups and never n meeting
Is held or n movement made that the police
10 not know IL instantly. The Anarchists
have no idea who the police arc who nrc In
their secrets and never will know until they
attempt some such behavior rs that with
which Chicago wus disgraccd last year. New
Workers think that no such scenes can posi-
bly, be witnessed there, for no unruly crowds
arc allowed to gathcri in their city. They are
instantly dubbed away rs fire In n carpet is
stamped out-and without unruly crowds
there can be no Anarchism except of the
mouth.
Mouth Anarchism New Workers do not
- > IF. ~ -. - Ill -
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would stand practically still in n place,
only swaying slightly to and fro from
month TO month, and, standing there, II
would pass through all tho phases that
tho moon presents 10 us from Il narrow
crescent TO n half-moon, II full moon, n
lalf-moon again and finally Il waning
circle, while tho sun would seem to pass
by the earth as 1t stood fast in the sky.
II would carry this article far beyond its
limits to describe the effects that the
carth's atmosphere would probably have
upon Its appearance us seen from the
NOON.
Our visitor to the moon would proba-
bly, not 10 content to return without
hnylng inkcn n peep nj that side OF our
satellite which Is never turned toward
the earth. What he would see there no
man can tell, but science. knows no rca-
son to suppose that II would differ ma
tcrially from what Is to bc seen OIL this
side of thu moon.
Finally, let III not forget thnt modern
astronomy teaches that the moon is dead.
We can find no evidence of the existence
Of water tlcrG-altiough We cannot be
sure there may not be u liitlc-and II
there Is mn atmosphere. 1t is SO rare that
It's presence cannot certainly be driccied.
but before It Ind cooled down 10 It's pres
cnt condition, whilc It's interior was yet
hot like TINT Of tho earth, 1t probably did
have mn atmosphere ind water, ind then
Inhabitants may have dwelt upon II.
What VT have said above would ut least
apply 10 soino Of tho conditions OF litc
then prevailing there.
GAnnHTT p. SERVES.
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The New York Suns florist llas bcun look.
ing around and has found out something,
The popularity of the hcliotroIe in dnss has
caused NJ increased demand for the flower
itself. ~ bunch of hclio,rore is generally
worn nowadays with u dress Of TINT cOlof.
Tho size Of Tho bunch depends pretty much
un the size Of the young laiy's' purse, for ii
costs my cents for enough to last during m
afternoon walk, Tho flower goes to pieces
50 quickly that it is useless after that. A
now rose callel tho Puritan is going To bn
popular for corSagc wear, SO the florists says
It is n large crcam-whitc flower, and lastrs
much longer than u Jaclucminot. The Pu'
itan, however, comes high just now on nc.
count Of Its scarcity.
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fancy baker,
and the boy
fostered n
love Of art
from orna-
Ill ing
wedding and
and birthday
axes with
quaint and
curious de-
He
then M
copies of fine
C t II III c.
plates, which
li%coffcrel for
sale, and sub
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almost the slcnlrrcSt ever held there. From
fifty To ono hundred and fifty PERSONS IL the
average attendance nj I'M ordinary general
meeting Of Anarchists md on grand occa.
si"rs, such M the celebration Of the murder
If the Gmsl and pure Archbishop Of I'nrjs, IN
the last Commune, or the wclcmnc TO John
Most IN his return from jail, the highest
number, about 10, " r%cnclrsl. The meet
inH arc usually held IN the l'owcry, n place
delightful to Tho soul VI Anarchists, because
there nrc five timcsfT innny beer saloons anl
idle Foreigners, who neither work, speak
English, - understand our institutions. on
the l'owcry M m my other stree, on this
hemisphere. On tho walls nrc placafds.
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JosErII KErrLER.

Joseph Kcppler, the great cartoonist who
is inseparably associated with the growth OF
caricature in America. was born in Vienna
about fifty years rgo. Ills father was n
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because he has got II biz bank nc.
count. He keeps II little basement beer 81.
lu"n IN the east side, sells drinks mt 30 rnr
cent. profit, puts his money out nj Interest
and confines m"st of his talking to what he
has TODD lnhiml the bar. He is n stalwnrt.
hi. fellow, Of the build AMI cut If u German
ln'mrcr, with n massy head oflight hairlown
to his shoulders anil big, soft, yellow beard.
His place is always ratronized by long.hairsl,
mll''ye! Foreigners, who have imported the
echo ,ftllc cruclticS andtyranni,s If Europe
I" this country in order to revenge them
selves here for wha, people are suffering over
There. On the tables arc nil the raIrrs
secretly printed in the cellars and under
r'un Il haun'S of the rcformcrs Of Europe.
They bear such titles ny The hrolntion.
The TOrch and SbOrd The Social Earth.
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etfttstNt
with him for
'hreo years.
Before Mr..
Taylor went 10
Hnrper's he
took lessons
from Emanuel
Leutzc, who
Jninte'Wigli
llGDclawarc.i
He was admit
ted to the Ac-
adcmy Of Dc
sign In tho fall
of 1860. Alter
studying there
about three
years. he be-
n TO- paint
figures In still
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spects, wonderful progress of astro-
nomical discovery in our day this ques-
ton is hardly nearer asolution 10Y than
It was before tho beginning Of the Chris
tian era. or the existence of other
worlds-that is, Of planets constructed
on n similar general plan TO That Of the
earth and possessing, in some cases ut
least, many of the characteristic features
of the carth-wc have abundant eyi.
lence. But rs 10 tho existence of living
beings in these distant worlds We possess
no direct evidence n way or tho other,
and'must depend entirely upon analogy
and inference for any conclusion we may
reach upon the subject.
Still, seeing these worlds around us in
space and discovering in some plains and
mountains, as upon the moon in others
clear indications of IN atmosphere and
of tho presence of water and snow, MS
upon Mars +; ind in others still tho exist
encc OF marvellous phenomena, unlike
anything on the earth, sucli-as tho rings
of Saturn, no inquiring mind can be
content to dismiss, without at least m
attempt ut m answer, tho most interest
Ing question that can DO asked concern
ing them, "Arc they inhabited"
There arc certain facts bearing upon
this question the consideration of which,
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a bohemian, he has remained a bachelor.
So niueh has been written abont Gillian ns
an nrtist and his work Is 50 generally well
known that there Is little LETT to DO sud. lilo
anil kcrller are 81 much In advance o ftheir
Is deserving 10 10 ranked even second to
them. Perhaps Kcppler Is moro original,
easy and natural, mil even 0mer may pos.
3css moro real Fun but Gillian exccls them
MI In strength, execution md color. lIc Is
tho Titan OF tho c%artOunists, and his warm,
sunny. nntnrc IL always to be found wrapped
mn I'M his lcat work riIHL-lEsNblsllrE tTEs
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a New York sunday-Thirt day.
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C.J. Taylor, who has beer, doing so much
work on Peck during the past year, was
born In New York city August II, 1851. In.
1860 he went TO llarrcr's MS nn apprentice.
At the emu Of nine months tho firm, Of
which Fletcher Harper was ut that time tho
shirt, wished 10 make n contract